Re: Oct. 28 Chuck Plunkett column.
Thanks to Chuck Plunkett for identifying the complex individual liberties in Proposition 106. He explains how this is a difficult decision for him, the Denver Post Editorial Board, and all of us. Curious, then, that the board collectively would have taken a stand against the measure. One would think that they would take a neutral position, as have other collectives such as the Colorado Medical Society. Plunkett worries that under Proposition 106, patients would be pressured, despite there being no evidence of inappropriate pressure under a similar Oregon law for 19 years. Because it is a respected voice in the state, The Post should be aware that its position exerts a pressure. If “individual liberty cuts both ways,” The Post should not be trying to influence Colorado voters in only one direction, especially when it is about our having the option to make our own end-of-life decisions.
W. Charles Lobitz, Denver
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